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Steam Roasted Chicken

A Pakistani dish of chickens, black bell pepper and curds, seasoned with ginger and cumin and cooked in a pan.

1 hr 30 min · Serves 6 · Medium

Serves
6

Ingredients

Time
Prep 30 min · Cook 60 min · 90 min total
Difficulty
medium
  1. 1

    Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and brown chicken well on all sides. Place the trivet in a pressure cooker. Sprinkle chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, black peppers, cumin seeds, red chili powder, poultry seasoning, garam masala, lemon juice and plain curd. Then place on trivet.

  2. 2

    Add water. Seal cooker, bring up to high pressure, reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 5 minutes for each pound of chicken.

    5 min
  3. 3

    Remove cooker from heat and release pressure. Let chicken stand for 15 minutes before carving into serving pieces.

    15 min

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